Sanjay Dutt’s parole granted 14 days extension

• Sanjay Dutt is serving his jail term in connection with 1993 blasts case • Sanjay Dutt was convicted by TADA court for possessing illegal weapons• The Bollywood actor had earlier spent 1.5 years in jail

Pune: The parole of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, a convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, was on Monday granted a 14-day extension. Dutt, who left the Yerawada prison on October 1 after being sanctioned a 14-day parole, had sought further extension on medical ground.

The 53-year-old actor was lodged in the jail in May after his conviction for illegal possession of arms in the Mumbai blasts case and is to serve the remaining 42 months of his five-year sentence.

He is currently with his family in Mumbai. He was shifted to Yerawada prison from Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail on May 22 in a hush-hush pre-dawn operation.

In its March 21 verdict, the Supreme Court had reduced Dutt's jail term from six years to five. The actor had earlier served a prison term of 18 months.

On May 10, the Supreme Court had dismissed Dutt's plea seeking review of its judgement on his conviction and the five-year jail sentence.